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stivy

stivy adjective: close; stuffy; stifling.

Adjective

stivy (comparative more stivy, superlative most stivy)

  1. (UK, dialectal) close; stuffy; stifling

Forms of stivy

comparativemore stivy
superlativemost stivy

Origin of stivy

From stive + -y.

Questions about stivy

What does stivy mean?
Stivy means close; stuffy; stifling.
What part of speech is stivy?
Stivy is an adjective.

Words near stivy in the dictionary

  1. Stiversons
  2. stives
  3. stiving
  4. stivot
  5. stivots
  6. stivy
  7. Stiwanism
  8. Stiwanist
  9. Stiwanists
  10. stix
  11. Stixwould

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